Game apparatus



GAME APPARATUS 'Filed March 25, 1925 Nimm Patented Nov. 17, 1925.

1,561,60e FICE.

GEORGE coLvIN KENNEDY, or wA'rEELoaiowa.

GAME APPARATUS.

Application lled March 25, 1925.

To all whom t may Gomera: i

Be it known that I, GEORGE CoLviN KEN# NEDY, citizen of the United States, residin at Waterloo, in the county of Blackhaw and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Game Ap` paratus, of which cation.

My invention relates to improvements in the following is a speciiigame apparatus, and the object of my imfl provements is to supply an apparatus having relatively movable members which may be employed in different combinations and arrangement-s for fortuitously indicating and disclosing various plays and insignia relating thereto in a plurality of games, under different regulations devised therefor.

This object I have accomplished by the means which are hereinafter described and claimed, and which are illustrated in the accompanying drawings, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of invention herein disclosedcan be made within the scope of what is without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In said drawings: Fig. 1 is a perspective apparatus as used, ing iap indicated view of my game showing one sign-carryby indicating means and swung upwardly to disclose 'the insignia on its sign. Fig. 2 is a cross section of the apparatus of said Fig. 1, taken on the broken line 2`2 thereof. Fig. 3 is a perspective detail view of one of the removable iaps and its removable insignia carrying card. Fig. 4 is a plan of the inscribed back of Vone of the insignia cards. Fig. 5 is a. plan view of one face of the subdivided insignia carrying indicating disk. Fig. 6 is a similar view of the opposite subdivided insignia carrying faceof said disk.

The numeral l denotes a basal member, preferably shape vor, stamped from a plate of metal rectangularly k,to have depending marginal supporting flanges. A pintle 14, being a headed and threaded bolt passed throu h an aperture Supwardly in the center cfg which is first mounted a round topped spacing apertured body 15, then yabove it a rotatable serrated disk 16, rthen another hollow spacin member 28, then a rotatable index 29, an vfinally a cap-nut 30. 1

The basal member 1 has `aplurality of slitted` apertures 2 arranged annularly and claimed the member `1, servesas an axis on Serial No. 18,216.

concentrically about the axis p intle 14. A

like p plurality of hingedly` 4 are swinging flaps detacliably hinged to the member 1 in the followino manner. Fig. 3, each ap with marginal Referring to said 4 is shaped from plate metal opposite hooks 5 to reinov ably seat a sign card or plate 6 upon its normally under thebase 1. The ap cut and face "when lowered against wider lower margin of the shaped with a medially spaced pair of finger-tabs 8 progecting ata right angle therefrom, and 'a medial reversely cui the tabs 8 but tive thereto. As ber 7 is passed through a slit 2 while 8 cont 1 and outwardl sition. sition,

ved tab or hinge member T between projecting oppositely relashown in Fig. 2, the menidownwardly erect. In this erect position the tabs act with the upper surface of the base serve as stps to prevent swinging i' y; of the ap beyond its erect pol hen the flap is in its lowered poas shown at the right hand part of the base 1 in Fig. 2, the tabs 8 serve as inger-pieces, wardly to its it until lowered quickl la by wardly and obliquely outwardly to separate from the slit 2.

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for use in tilting the flap uperected position and holding again. The flap may be y and easily detached from the base erecting it and then drawing it up- 5 The flaps 4 are thus hinged said base coiicentrically around the upon the from the disk 16. member, that sign having more insignia in subdivided compart- These of course may be permanent* ly displayed on the under face of the flap,

but m posite which flaps, the ba ay also be placed upon one or the opsurfaces of a sign-card or plate 6 may be removably mounted within cards r6 may be read- 10U after the flaps are disengaged from se 1 when their hinge tabs 7 aie disassembled fromthe slits 2, in order to rethe cards in the hooked holders 5 to employ the insignia on the backs of said cards As and 4 respectively `with its front and in certain games. the card 6 is shown in said Figs. 3

tback faces displayed, it will be seen that on both faces sion l ing a are compartments 11 with subdivillt' ines 13, each compartment containn inscription or pictured insignia.

scriptions or which has a game relation to other inscriptions or` insigniaof a different kind shown in corresponding compartments 11 onn all the other cards 6, or as also related to certain insignia or inscriptions on one or other face of the disk 16, and as in either case indicated by the use of the rotatable index 29 fortuitously. l Y

For an instance, a compartment 11 on the card 6 as shown in Fig. 3 displays insignia 9, being a character represented in a series for a certain game, and also descriptive in- Y i names and an inscribed numeral at 12, related thereto in the counting of the game. On said card in other compartments 11 may be displayed playing card numerals and d -insignia l at- 10, also for other game purposes. VThe back of each card 6, as shown in Fig. 4 may bear other insignia adapted for use in still other games. d

Referring to, Figs. 5 and 6, the opposite faces of the disk 16 are provided with different subdivided compartments carrying diti'erent characters, numerals or insignia. For instance, the tace shown in Fig. 5 has its `serrated margin divided into compartments 17 carrying different numerals at 18, an inner concentric row of compartments 20 carry playing card suits at 21, while the inner part oi' the surface is subdivided into quadra-nts 22 carrying suit signs 24. The opposite face of the disk shown in Fig. 6 .has marginal compartments carrying single letters yot the alphabet at 25. An inner concentric circle ot' compartments 26 carries names of certain celestial bodies,'while the inner part ot the space is radially subdividedL into compartments 27 having the different colors ot' the solar spectrum.

The 'rotary index 29 is used to` fortuitously indicate either flap 4, only, as in successive plays in one game, or to at the saine time cross and display some related compartment on one iace ot the disk 16, -according to the rules ot another game.

Theserrations 'of the disk 16 may also be used after rotating said disk to indicate one or more, of the flaps 4, which latter when lifted disclose related but t'ortuitouslyv selected compartments thereon. 1t is obvious that with this game apparatus many ditter'ent gaines maybe originated and played at the pleasure of the players.

Rules for twenty diierent ygames have been drawn up for use with this apparatus, and others could be added within the scope of the invention.

The following games will, however, disclose the use ot the apparatus in pla-ying t em.

Rain?) ow.

in Fig. 7, and all the hinged'flaps 4. 1n

turn the players rotate the disk, then rotate the index. Y The centrallyr arranged segments at 27 comprise all the colors of the spectrum, and the colors may have the Ytollowing numerical values, viz: red, 7 orange,

6; yellow, :3; green, 4; blue, 3; indigo, 2, and violet, 1,. The player adds the values ot the two segments crossed by the oppositely directed parts of the index, then swings up the Hap 4 which is indicated by the index point, then ladds to the other values the numeral whether plus or minus shown at 12 on the tlap card 6. minus numeral will be deducted from the sum ot the; disk numerals, and in case the flap card tace is that shown in F ig. 3. which is in its compartinent 6 called the Hoo Doo, the player loses the sum ot the disk numerals and also secures a minus numeral on 6 to be deducted 'from his previous total, it' any. The player holding the highest plus total after six plays of each player, wins the game.`

Jaimy.

las shown in the middle compartment onV the flap card in Fig. 4, the name of a dance is given, such as waltz. On the thirteen iap cards,idiiierent dance naines are given. on the reverse. dances: 1, Apache. 2, flirte-tion walk. 3, waltz; 4, two step; 5, polka; 6` one stepp These may be the following', Y

7, tango; 8, fox trot; 9,*jig; 10', highland l fling; 11, hornpipe; 12, lndian dance, and 13, voodoo dance. f

Each lady in turn rotates the disk using the tace shown in Fig. 5. 1t the disk stops with a. compartment numeral 18 crossed by theI point eind of index, she' has a choice ot gentleman partner in turn with the other ladies, for instance if she has the numeral 6, she has the sixth turn to select a partner. 1t there `are more than thirteen couples. after the first thirteen couples have been denominated, the operation is repeated. Then the 'lady of couple No. 1, rotates the index, and swings up V'the flap 4, a card tace as in Fig. 4 being displayed. lf the dance name on this card is waltz then this couple waltz once around the ro'oni, then all the other couples also V,engage in waltzing.v

The lady No. 2 then selects a dance in the Y same way, and so on in` succession.

Cribbage, 'Ja-mor. v

Use the disk face shown in Fig .-5.' Flach Y player in turn rotates the index A29, and its point end will indicate a trump` 24 on one of the red or black quadrants 22,.y VTheplayer then rotates the lindex again, and lifts up the two flaps 4 indicated by the opposite ends of the index, using the cardss'hown -in Fig. 3 and the suits as vgiven on the'lower conipartments 11 thereof at 10. The counting is the saine fas in the card game cribbage, and may be tallied in the same way ori/a1y cribbage count-ing board or by pencil. Thus, pairs, sequences, fifteen tvvos, etc., are counted, and the player holding a knave of trumps also counts one for that. In case the player has on his two Hap cards, not counting court cards, any combination of spots Which added make 13, he loses thirteen points from his tally.

Having described my invention, what I claim asl nevv, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is:

l. In a game apparatus, a movable indieating device, and a plurality of movable sign-carrying fiaps positioned Within the scope of indicating movements of said device and each movable from a sign-disclosing to a sign concealing position.

2. In a game apparatus, a base, a movable indicating device mounted thereon, and a `,plurality of ranged sign-carrying flaps mounted detachably and swingingly upon said base Within the scope of movements of said indicating device.

3. In a game apparatus, a base, a plurality of indicating devices mounted rotatably on a single axis on said base, and a plurality of swinging flaps mounted detachably upon said base independently Within the scope of movements of the indicating devices.

4. In a game apparatus, a plurality of indicating' devices mounted on a common axis for independent actuations, supporting means having apertured seats ranged Within the scope of movements of said devices, and sign-carrying devices having basal hinge members shaped to detachably and interlociringly engage With said apertured seats swingingly to swing from sign-concealing to sign-disclosing positions independently, the signs on said last-mentioned devices having independent insignia for fortuitous selection by said indicating devices.

5. In a game apparatus, a base member having an erect pintle fixed thereon, an indicating device rotatable on said pintle and having surface subdivisions containing insignia, another indicating device also rotatable on said pintle, and signs detachably hinged on said base member around said indicating devices, to be independently swung from sign-concealing to sign-disclosing po sitions, the insignia on the first-mentioned indicating device having fortuitous relations with the different signs.

6. In a game apparatus, a base member having a plurality of iiaps detachably hinged thereto in a determined positional relation to each other, said flaps having seats for removably receiving insignia inscribed bodies, said bodies being inscribed on opposite faces and reversible insaid seats, and indicating means mounted on said base member to fortuitously indicate either of said flaps, movably.

In a game apparatus, a tabular base member having hinge apertures, flaps having terminal hinge members shaped to enter said apertures interlockingly, detachably and svvingingly, said flaps having terminal projections directed to one side for the manual swinging up of the flaps from a lowered position, and signs detachably mounted on said flaps having surface subdivisions ccntaining different insignia, of which certain insignia on the flaps have a relation to a cer tain game, and means for fortuitously indicating any of said flaps while the latter are in sign concealing positions.

8. In a game apparatus, a tabular base member, tiaps having hinge members hingedly connected to said base member, a pintle fixed on said base member spaced from said fiaps, and independent indicating devices mounted rotatably on said pintle to be rocked to indicate either Hap fortuitously, signs mounted on said liaps containing in signia, one of the indicating devices having surface subdivisions containing insignia, the other indicating device being a pointer, and the insignia on the first-mentioned indicating device having certain insignia upon said flap signs.

In testimony whereof I aiiix my signature.

GEORGE COLVIN KENNEDY.

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